Is it ok to tile directly onto new plasterboard?

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"tarquinlinbin" wrote in message
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Is it ok to tile directly onto new plasterboard?

Had my freshly plasterboarded kitchen fully tiled at least fifteen years
ago. No problems whatsoever. Nice flat surface to work with too. Glad I
chose plain neutral-coloured tiles. They'll outlast me.

HTH


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Gill

Is it ok to tile directly onto new plasterboard?

Yes. No problem at all. Don't assume the plasterboard will survive the
tile's removal, though, although it might.

Christian.

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tarquinlinbin writes:
Is it ok to tile directly onto new plasterboard?

If the tiles are going to get routinely wet, as in a shower,
then you might want to worry about water coming through the
grout which may warp the plasterboard eventually.
There are several things you can do about this...
o Use aquapanel (cement rather than gypsom based board which
won't fall to bits if it gets wet).
o I recall reading on a bag of tile adhesive that there's
some type of waterproof tanking you can apply to the
plasterboard first.
o Use a grout additive such as BAL Admix GT1 to reduce the
grout permeability.
o Use a water penetrating resistant grout, such as a resin
one.

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Andrew Gabriel

tarquinlinbin wrote:
Is it ok to tile directly onto new plasterboard?

Wel, I painted mine first with a light wash of emulsion [and allowed to
dry ;-)] before tiling.

I thought it would the porosity "problems" of the board.

Cheers

Paul.

tarquinlinbin wrote:
Is it ok to tile directly onto new plasterboard?

Wel, I painted mine first with a light wash of emulsion [and allowed to
dry ;-)] before tiling.

I thought it help alleviate the porosity "problems" of the board.

Sorry for the previous trigger happy post

Cheers

Paul.

wrote:

tarquinlinbin wrote:

Is it ok to tile directly onto new plasterboard?


Wel, I painted mine first with a light wash of emulsion [and allowed to
dry ;-)] before tiling.

I thought it would the porosity "problems" of the board.

Cheers

Paul.

Makes very little difference.

PVA is better - it is water RESISTANT in that it fills the pores with
its own (water soluble) polymer.

Frankly however, unless you have a permanent puddle, tiles straight onto
fresh plasterboard work just fine.

The grout dries faster than the water permeates backwards

All my bathrooms are simply his, and all take a good splashing with no
ill effects.

The only places I have had problems are where permanent small
drips/leaks have kept an area wet for weeks on end.

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:29:04 -0000, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

Is it ok to tile directly onto new plasterboard?

Yes. No problem at all. Don't assume the plasterboard will survive the
tile's removal, though, although it might.

Christian.

yes,this is my problem Chris. I stripped some grotty tiles off a
previously plasterboarded wall. It was a mix of bare plasterboard with
ok bits and ripped bits but also the original house construction used
plasterboard then a kind of smooth seemingly waterproof lining paper
was put on top of the board. This is all over the house. In the
bathroom,after tile removal,this has bits ripped off here and there
also. A plasterer quoted to skim the lot. Luckliy i didnt take him up
on it. I tried to skim a small area and found that small sections of
the lining paper started to bubble off. I'm now going to rip the old
board off and reboard it..hence my original questions!! Thanks for the
info..